speckit-tasks

To generate a dependency-ordered task list from software requirements, you map design artifacts like specs, plans, and data models into story-based tasks. This produces a structured tasks.md file that serves as an execution blueprint with identified parallel opportunities.

Yes, you can organize project management tasks by user story directly from existing design documents. The process maps specifications and data models into concrete tasks categorized by user story priority, such as P1 and P2, for focused and incremental feature delivery.

The best way to map data models and plans to concrete development tasks is by automating the transformation of these design artifacts into a structured document. This method ensures exact file paths are included and task dependencies are graphed for optimized execution.

Yes, you need prerequisite design artifacts to create a structured tasks document. The generation process enforces prerequisite checking and loads prerequisite design documents, such as specs and plans, before mapping them to user-story tasks and outputting the final tasks.md file.

Dependency graph creation for feature development task generation works by analyzing mapped user stories and design artifacts to identify task dependencies. It maps the relationships between concrete tasks to highlight execution order and identify parallel opportunities to optimize workflow.

A limitation when automating task generation from specs and data models is that the output is restricted to a single tasks.md file blueprint. The process strictly requires prerequisite design documents to be loaded beforehand and cannot generate tasks without these specific input artifacts.